Acting
Ernie Hudson
Born Dec 17, 1945 · Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters franchise. Hudson has also acted in the films Leviathan (1989), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), The Crow (1994), Airheads (1994), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Congo (1995), Miss Congeniality (2000), and The Ron Clark Story (2006).
His most prominent role on television was Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz (1997–2003). Hudson has also appeared in the television shows St. Elsewhere (1984), The Last Precinct (1986), 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003–2004), Desperate Housewives (2006–2007), The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013), Law & Order (2009–2010), the voice of Agent Bill Fowler in Transformers: Prime (2010–2013), Franklin & Bash (2012–2014), Grace and Frankie (2015–2020), and L.A.'s Finest (2019–2020). From 2022 to 2024, Hudson appeared as Herbert "Magic" Williams on the NBC drama Quantum Leap.
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Acting
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
Horror · Adventure
Mr. Beebee
Horror
Famous
Thriller
Toy Story 5
2026
Animation · Family · Comedy
Boston Blue
2025
Crime · Drama
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
Documentary
FEEL
2025
Drama
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
Animation · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
Fantasy · Adventure · Comedy
The Retirement Plan
2023
Action · Comedy · Crime
Prisoner's Daughter
2023
Drama · Mystery · Thriller
Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
2023
Documentary · Music
Champions
2023
Comedy · Drama
Quantum Leap
2022
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Mystery
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Documentary · Science Fiction
Beebo Saves Christmas
2021
Animation · Adventure · TV Movie
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Fantasy · Comedy · Adventure
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
Animation · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Redemption Day
2021
Action · Thriller · War
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Documentary
Adventure Force 5
2019
Action · Adventure · Family
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Documentary
Infinity Train
2019
Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
City on a Hill
2019
Crime · Drama
L.A.'s Finest
2019
Crime · Drama
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018
Drama · Crime
Nappily Ever After
2018
Comedy · Romance · Drama
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018
Drama
APB
2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Crime · Drama
Heaven Sent
2016
Romance · Drama · TV Movie
Infinity Train
2016
Adventure · Animation · Fantasy
Graves
2016
Drama · Comedy
MacGyver
2016
Drama · Action & Adventure
Lethal Weapon
2016
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Spaceman
2016
Comedy · Drama
Ghostbusters
2016
Action · Fantasy · Comedy
Ghostheads
2016
Documentary
God's Not Dead 2
2016
Drama
Batman: Bad Blood
2016
Science Fiction · Action · Animation
Angie Tribeca
2016
Comedy · Action & Adventure · Crime
The Man in the Silo
2016
Drama
Ballers
2015
Drama · Comedy
Grace and Frankie
2015
Comedy · Drama
Gallows Road
2015
Drama
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015
Documentary
Merry Ex-Mas
2014
Comedy · Drama · Family
You're Not You
2014
Drama
Touched
2014
Comedy · Family · Romance
Scorpion
2014
Action & Adventure · Drama · Crime
To Hell and Back
2014
Drama
The Grim Sleeper
2014
Thriller · TV Movie · Crime
Showing Up
2014
Documentary
The Last Song
2014
Drama
Dear Secret Santa
2013
Romance · Comedy · TV Movie
Doonby
2013
Drama · Mystery
The Millers
2013
Comedy
Ironside
2013
Drama · Crime
Turning Point
2013
Drama
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Drama
Battledogs
2013
Action · Horror · Science Fiction
Ambush at Dark Canyon
2012
Western
Arrow
2012
Crime · Drama · Action & Adventure
Deer Crossing
2012
Horror · Crime · Drama
Guys with Kids
2012
Comedy
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012
Comedy · Family
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012
Family · Adventure
Scandal
2012
Drama
Key & Peele
2012
Comedy
Once Upon a Time
2011
Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Hart of Dixie
2011
Drama · Comedy
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
Comedy
Franklin & Bash
2011
Drama · Comedy
Deep Blue Breath
2011
Animation · Adventure · Drama
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
Comedy · Family
Game of Death
2010
Adventure · Action · Thriller
Transformers: Prime
2010
Action & Adventure · Animation · Kids
Blue Bloods
2010
Crime · Drama
Stasis
2010
Science Fiction
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Comedy
Machete Joe
2010
Horror
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010
Action · Comedy
White Collar
2009
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Modern Family
2009
Comedy
Meteor
2009
Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pastor Brown
2009
Drama
Dragonball Evolution
2009
Action · Adventure · Fantasy
Fatal Secrets
2009
Thriller
Lonely Street
2009
Action · Comedy · Drama
Childrens Hospital
2008
Comedy
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
Drama · Comedy
Final Approach
2008
Thriller · Action · TV Movie
Private Practice
2007
Drama
All Hat
2007
Comedy · Drama · Western
Nobel Son
2007
Comedy · Crime · Drama
Torchwood
2006
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Drama
Heroes
2006
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
The Ron Clark Story
2006
Drama
Psych
2006
Drama · Comedy · Crime
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
Comedy · Horror
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Drama · Romance · Comedy
Criminal Minds
2005
Crime · Drama · Mystery
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Comedy
Bones
2005
Crime · Drama
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
2005
Drama · TV Movie
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Drama
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
Action · Comedy
Robot Chicken
2005
Comedy · Animation
Lackawanna Blues
2005
Drama · Music · TV Movie
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
Action · Comedy
Desperate Housewives
2004
Mystery · Drama · Comedy
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
Family · Adventure · Animation
Cold Case
2003
Crime · Drama · Mystery
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
Drama · Action & Adventure
Las Vegas
2003
Drama · Action & Adventure · Crime
Anne B. Real
2003
Action · Comedy · Drama
Without a Trace
2002
Crime · Mystery · Action & Adventure
Everwood
2002
Drama · Family
A Town Without Christmas
2001
Family · Drama
Crossing Jordan
2001
Drama
Walking Shadow
2001
Mystery
Miss Congeniality
2000
Comedy · Crime · Action
Paper Bullets
2000
Crime · Action
Everything's Jake
2000
Drama
The Watcher
2000
Mystery · Thriller
Red Letters
2000
Crime · Drama
Nowhere to Land
2000
Thriller · TV Movie
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999
Drama · TV Movie
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
Drama
Shark Attack
1999
Horror · TV Movie
Interceptors
1999
Action · Thriller · Science Fiction
Hijack
1999
Thriller · Action
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999
Drama
Stealth Fighter
1999
Action · Thriller
October 22
1998
Drama
Butter
1998
Action · Thriller
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
1998
Action · Adventure · Thriller
Mr. Magoo
1997
Comedy · Family
Clover
1997
TV Movie
Stargate SG-1
1997
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
Comedy · Drama
Oz
1997
Crime · Drama
Levitation
1997
Drama · Fantasy
Operation Delta Force
1997
Action · Thriller · TV Movie
The Cherokee Kid
1996
Western · Action · Comedy
Just Your Luck
1996
Comedy
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
Animation · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Arli$$
1996
Comedy
For Which He Stands
1996
Thriller
Tornado!
1996
Action · TV Movie
The Substitute
1996
Action · Crime · Drama
Congo
1995
Action · Adventure · Science Fiction
The Basketball Diaries
1995
Drama · Crime
Speechless
1994
Romance · Comedy
Touched by an Angel
1994
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Family
ER
1994
Drama
Airheads
1994
Comedy · Crime · Music
The Cowboy Way
1994
Action · Comedy · Crime
The Crow
1994
Fantasy · Action · Thriller
No Escape
1994
Action · Drama · Science Fiction
Sugar Hill
1994
Drama · Action · Thriller
Wild Palms
1993
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Comedy
Angel Street
1992
Crime · Drama
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Action & Adventure · Animation · Drama
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
Drama · Thriller
Broken Badges
1990
Drama
Cop Rock
1990
Drama
Law & Order
1990
Crime · Drama
Twin Peaks
1990
Drama · Mystery
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Comedy
Ghostbusters II
1989
Comedy · Fantasy
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Comedy · Mystery · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Collision Course
1989
Action · Comedy · Crime
Leviathan
1989
Adventure · Horror · Thriller
Trapper County War
1989
Action
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
Adventure · War · Action
The Wrong Guys
1988
Comedy · Action
Weeds
1987
Drama
Full House
1987
Comedy · Family
The Last Precinct
1986
Comedy
The Last Precinct
1986
Comedy · Crime · TV Movie
Love on the Run
1985
Drama · Thriller · TV Movie
The Insiders
1985
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
1985
Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
California Girls
1985
Comedy · Drama · Romance
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Joy of Sex
1984
Comedy · Romance
Ghostbusters
1984
Comedy · Fantasy
Two of a Kind
1983
Fantasy · Comedy · Romance
Women of San Quentin
1983
Drama · TV Movie
Going Berserk
1983
Comedy
Webster
1983
Comedy
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
Adventure · Science Fiction · Action
The A-Team
1983
Action & Adventure · Comedy · Crime
The New Odd Couple
1982
Comedy
St. Elsewhere
1982
Drama
Penitentiary II
1982
Action · Thriller · Crime
Crazy Times
1981
Comedy · Drama · TV Movie
A Matter of Life and Death
1981
Drama · TV Movie
Flamingo Road
1981
Soap · Drama
Underground Aces
1981
Comedy
The Jazz Singer
1980
Drama · Music · Romance
Bosom Buddies
1980
Comedy
The Octagon
1980
Adventure · Action · Thriller
White Mama
1980
Drama · TV Movie
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980
Drama · TV Movie
Skag
1980
Drama · TV Movie
Detective School
1979
Comedy
The Main Event
1979
Comedy · Romance
Joni
1979
Drama
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
Drama
The White Shadow
1978
Drama · Family
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Comedy · Family · Drama
Taxi
1978
Comedy · Drama
Fantasy Island
1978
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Comedy
Mad Bull
1977
Drama · Action · Comedy
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Drama
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977
Science Fiction · TV Movie
The Human Tornado
1976
Action · Comedy · Drama
Leadbelly
1976
Drama
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Western · Drama · Family
Super Friends
1973
Animation · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Written
Ghost in the House
2023
Drama